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The final payout structure for the $350 buy in, $125,000 guaranteed tournament at the Columbus Summer Classic Series.

I am happy to report that my preparation efforts did not go to waste. I played in the $125,000 gtd in Columbus last Saturday and Sunday, and came out with a small win. Since this was my first multi-day poker tournament, I really made it a point to make it to the second day. That definitely effected my play. At the end of the day I bagged 75,000, which put me fourth from the bottom among the remaining players. Even though it was a pretty poor performance, I considered it a win. I made it to the second day ! The prize pool grew to over $187,000, smashing the $125k guarantee, and I had a chance to get a piece of it.

Coming back in the morning, and realizing the truly terrible shape I was in, I decided to try my luck and push all in with any decent starting hand right away, to try to double up. Doubling up was essential if I wanted to make the money bubble. We were already playing at these high blinds, and I could not afford to sit around and get chipped down with the antes and the blinds. When I sat down at the table, I was the low stack. And my mind was made up. Very first hand, very first card was an Ace of clubs. I didn’t even look at the second card and just jammed it all in preflop. Fold, fold, fold… and the small blind goes all in on top of me. Everyone else folds and we flip our cards. Small blind is holding pocket Queens, and I ended up with Ace Jack off suit. Ace on the flop and ace on the river assured my double up on the first hand, and I sighed a breath of relief.

Once I doubled up, the cards just went cold. I folded and folded, and bluffed a hand once or twice. But there was nothing there. I barely made it to the money bubble, and even walked away from the table for a bit while we were hand for hand. With 64 players remaining, we played hand for hand for almost 40 minutes. No one wanted to be the bubble boy, so people were fighting for survival. Once some unfortunate contender busted, and the money bubble burst, people opened up their game a bit. I finally saw a pocket pair of Sixes and shoved all in preflop. The guy with Ace Queen offsuit called and got an ace right on the river. My four card flush draw did not materialize, and I busted out, taking 54th place and $613. That is almost double my money, so I am happy with the result.

Next up is the Jack Fall Classic Series at Cincinnati. The series will have a dozen good events including a $350 buy in $250,000 guaranteed kickoff event, and a half a million dollar guaranteed main event for a $1000 buy in. I know its not much to all you rich people, but quarter of a million dollars is a nice size of change for me, and it will definitely have my attention. Plus now I can afford the buy in. I don’t know. I did have my eye on this WPT – Bad Boys of Poker DVD for a minute now. Ohh Antonio, you are such a stud. how do you spell televised poker

Here is the monthly schedule of poker events at the Hollywood Casino in Columbus Ohio. As you can see, this month’s main attraction is the upcoming Columbus Summer Classic Tournament Series, which will run from August 10th to August 20th. The series will kick off on Thursday with a couple of $50 Mega Satellites to the Main Event. These turbo satellites will have 15 guaranteed Main Event seats. The starting stack is 10k, and the blinds are 15 minutes. There are two days designated for the Mega Satellites, Thursday August 10th and August 17th. I guess they want to give people more chances of making into the bigger weekend events. I don’t think I will be able to make it up there for the satellites, but I am definitely going to play in the first weekend event. It will be the first flight of the Event # 3, the $350 No Limit Deep Stack $125,000 guaranteed, which will run on Friday August 11th. I already requested a day off, so I will not miss it. This is an awesome event for an amateur poker player, or pretty much any poker player that does not have a substantial bankroll. This event will have a $125,000 guarantee, with the starting stack of 30k, and easy flowing 30 minute levels. Flight B will run on the following Saturday and the event will restart/merge on Sunday August 13th after the $200 No Limit Seniors $15,000 guaranteed (Event # 4) gets going. Monday August 14th will feature a $240 Black Chip Bounty $20,000 guaranteed. I will not be able to attend because the Western Southern Tennis Tournament will be in full swing in Cincinnati, and I will be extremely busy at work. Event # 6, $250 Pot Limit Omaha will start at 2:15pm on Tuesday August 15th and will feature a $12,500 guarantee (not going to play that one either). Event # 7, the $250 No Limit Super Stack $25,000 guaranteed will run on Wednesday August 16th. This is another great tournament for the novice player. 20 minute levels, 25k starting stack and a 25k guarantee all for just $250 entry fee. Sign me up!! Thursday August 17th is another Mega Satellite day. two $75 buy in satellites with 15 seats guaranteed, getting people ready for the Main Event weekend. The $550 No Limit Holdem Main Event (Event # 10) will kick off at 12:15pm on Friday August 18th (Flight A) and Saturday August 19th (Flight B). 40k starting stack and 30/40 minute levels with $175,000 guaranteed prize pool. The Main Event will merge and restart on Sunday. The series will finish up on Sunday August 20th with the $200 buy in Second Chance Event. The final tournament will have 20 minute levels and a starting stack of 20k chips.

Click Here for the link to the PDF document with all the information for the 2017 Columbus Summer Classic Poker Tournament Series, including general rules, schedule, blind structures and tournament event formats.